WASHINGTON: New Israeli construction on land claimed by the Palestinians threatens peace efforts and undermines the United States’ ability to help end the Arab-Israeli conflict, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told a leading Jewish organization on Monday. Israel’s recent announcement of new housing in east Jerusalem exposed differences between the US and the Jewish [...]
Israel’s prime minister has rejected US pressure over the expansion of Jewish settlements. Speaking to pro-Israel activists in Washington DC on Monday, Binyamin Netanyahu said “Jerusalem is not a settlement” and Israel has the right to build there. “Everyone knows” Jewish neighbourhoods in Jerusalem will remain part of Israel in any peace deal, he said, [...]
US still remains a strong negotiator in Middle East Sunday, March 21, 2010 MOSCOW: An extraordinary test of wills between the United States and Israel has left the Obama administration a stronger negotiator both with its closest ally in the Middle East and with Arab nations needed to broker peace with the Palestinians. The US [...]